Governor Kathy Hochul announced several sweeping subway safety measures on Wednesday, including a proposal that would temporarily ban some convicted New Yorkers from using the system.
Read MoreA group of nearly 100 organizations demanded on Monday that the governor and legislative leaders increase funding for the implementation of New York’s Raise the Age laws in the state’s budget, which is due in a little less than a month.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday renewed her call for increased enforcement against illegal cannabis shops and announced steps to broaden the state’s enforcement through a proposal first introduced through her state budget plan last month.
Read MoreChief Judge Rowan Wilson doesn’t just want to reimagine how New York’s courts operate, he wants to reimagine why they operate. For the first time since taking office as the top judge in the state last spring, Wilson delivered his State of the Judiciary speech from the Court of Appeals’ courtroom in Albany on Tuesday.
Read MoreHundreds of lawyers this week called on the governor and state legislature to include in the state’s upcoming budget a bill from a Queens lawmaker that would increase the amount of student loan forgiveness for public interest attorneys saddled with debt from law school.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul late last week reversed her plan to take money out of a fund meant to aid indigent defense services in New York and transfer it to the state’s general cash fund.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul signed a Queens assemblymember’s bill, which looks to expand the state’s definition of rape, into law on Tuesday.
Read MoreWith persistent backlogs clogging up the state’s court system, Governor Kathy Hochul as part of her State of the State address proposed bringing in as many Supreme Court justices as needed to cut through the stalled cases.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her 2024 State of the State address, discussing issues like affordability, housing and mental health. Her wider goals, outlined in a 180-page document, included a handful of plans that are specific to or stand to affect Queens.
Read MoreThe governor and mayor announced on Friday a plan to bolster swimming education and safety to New York, a particular issue for Queens where access to public swimming pools and education surrounding its coastal waters has been subpar for years.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul and State Attorney General Letitia James laid out a new agenda of consumer protection and affordability plans on Tuesday, giving a preview of goals the governor will lay out in her 2024 State of the State address.
Read MoreNew Yorkers who claim to have been wrongly convicted may have to wait at least another year before new avenues for them to challenge their convictions open up.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul signed a Queens lawmaker’s bill into law on Tuesday, establishing a commission to study reparations, and New York’s position in the history of slavery and racial injustice in America.
Read MoreNew York’s top court on Tuesday ordered the state to redraw its congressional districts, ruling that the state’s current congressional district lines, which were drawn by a court-appointed special master and used in the 2022 elections, deprived New Yorkers of their constitutional rights.
Read MoreThe governor late last week vetoed a bi-partisan bill created in response to lobbying efforts in support of and against her failed pick for chief judge, Hector LaSalle, earlier this year.
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